Improvement in breech-loading fire-arms



A. J. HUDSON.

BREECH-LQADING FIRE-ARM.

NO.18 7,Z80. Patented Feb-13,1877.

ANDREW J. HUDSON, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD HIS RIGHTTO ALLEN H. GILLETT, AND ONE-THIRD TO JAMES A. BIKER,

OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BREECH-LOADING FIRE-ARMS.-

Specifioation forming part of Letters Patent No. 187,280, dated February13,1877; application filed April 1. 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. HUDSON, of Syracuse, Onondaga county, NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Breech-LoadingFire-Arms, of which the following is a specification:

My improvements relate to the arm known as a top and bottom barrel, onebarrel being above the other, which, by my invention, I makebreech-loading, with a simple, strong, and perfectly secure attachmentof parts, readily and conveniently loaded and handled, and not liable toget out of order.

The construction is as follows, referringto the accompanying drawing, inwhich- Figure l is a top plan. Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3, aperspective view, showing the new parts.

A is a rifle-barrel, and B a shot barrel, of ordinary construction,permanently affixed to the breech 0, through which the bores of bothbarrels extend. as clearly seen in Fig. 3. D is the false breech orblock, permanently affixed to the stock, against which the breech-pieceU fits, and to which it is pivoted and held by the pin S, on one side ofthe barrels, and on the opposite side it is held by a groove in thebreech and projection on block D, (see 1' in Figs. 1, 3,) which fittogether when the barrels are in place ready to be fired.

By this construction, it will be seen that when the barrels are turnedover a half-revolution on pin S, it brings the openings through thebreech outside the breech-block D, ready for inserting the cartridge.When loaded, the barrels are revolved back into place, and theprojection on the false breech D looks into the groove at r, as seen atFig. 1, ready for firing.

In a recess in the face of the breech, be-

tween the two barrels, are located segment between the barrels, by whicheither of the segments can be thrown out to discharge the cartridge-casefrom the bore of the barrel. A coiled spring (shown in Fig. 3) drawsback segments n a into place. At 10, on the under side of the breech,there is a notch, into which a latch or catch, 0, fits, to fasten thebarrels in place. This catch is sprung into place by spring m.

There are two locks, hammers, and firingpins, one for each barrel; butas these are of common construction, and I lay no claim thereto, nofurther description is necessary.

Having thus fully described my improved fire-arm, I claim as myinvention- 1. A double-barrel breech-loading fire-arm, in which thebarrels are arranged one above the other in the same vertical plane, thebarrels and breech being secured together by a groove-andprojectioncoupling at r, and a pin, .9, arranged on one side, which pin serves asthe axis of rotation upon which the barrels turn to open the breech, bywhich both barrels are adapted to be opened at one operation,substantially as described.

2. In the breech-loading double-barrel firearm in which the barrels arearranged one above the other, the two extractors n w, with stemsprojecting laterally from one side, and

arranged and adapted to be operated separately or together, asdescribed.

ANDREW J. HUDSON. Witnesses:

J. J. GREENOUGH, LAWRENCE T. J oNEs.

